Historical Hoopfest Weather
Data compiled by the National Weather Service in Spokane. All times are PDT. All data recorded at the Spokane International Airport.
June 30 & July 1, 1990
June 30 High 83
Low 62
July 1 High 82
Low 55
The first Hoopfest featured nearly perfect early summer weather conditions, with the basketball played under mostly sunny skies and temperatures topping out in the lower 80s.
June 29 & 30, 1991
June 29 High 65
Low 52
Precipitation 0.37 Inches
June 30 High 69
Low 50
Precipitation 0.07 Inches
In sharp contrast to the initial season of Hoopfest, both days of this year’s Hoopfest featured weather more typical of Bloomsday. A thunderstorm brought heavy rainfall to the area late Friday night and early Saturday morning, leaving behind wet courts to start the day off, along with cool temperatures. The day remained cloudy with more showers to contend with in the afternoon. Another thunderstorm moved through Spokane Saturday night between 9 pm and midnight. Sunday was a cloudy and cool day with a few light showers in the afternoon. It was windy however, with a southwest wind blowing at 20 mph and gusty.
June 27 & 28, 1992
June 27 High 93
Low 65
June 28 High 92
Low 63
Precipitation 0.04 Inches
After a cool and wet Hoopfest in 1991, the 1992 was just the opposite. Hoopfest begin on Saturday morning with Spokane in the grips of an unusual June heat wave. Just a few days before the beginning of Hoopfest Spokane set an all-time record high for the month of June when the temperature hit 101 degrees on June 23. This hot weather pattern continued right on through the Hoopfest weekend. Saturday was hot and sunny, though the high of 93 may have felt better to many considering the hot temperatures of the days before. Sunday, while just about as hot, saw in increase in cloud cover ahead of a strong frontal system to end the month. By 3 pm thunderstorms moved into the city lasting through the evening.
June 26 & 27, 1993
June 26 High 90
Low 55
Precipitation 0.04
June 27 High 69
Low 52
Saturday saw hot temperatures and full sunshine ahead of a frontal system moving into the city. Late Saturday evening thunderstorms moved through downtown. Fortunately the rain fell overnight and by Sunday morning only high elevation clouds were observed. Temperatures were much cooler on Sunday, down over 20 degrees from Saturday’s hot readings.
June 25 & 26, 1994
June 25 High 86
Low 45
Precipitation Trace
June 26 High 65
Low 49
Precipitation 0.25 Inches
The 1994 edition of Hoopfest saw weather conditions quite similar to the preceding year. Saturday was a warm and sunny day with almost no wind. A frontal system brought widespread showers to the city early Sunday morning. Fortunately most of the precipitation ended by 5 am. Sunday was a cool, cloudy and very windy final day of Hoopfest. Winds blew from the southwest at 20 to 25 mph with gusts over 30 mph.
June 24 & 25, 1995
June 23 High 80
Low 51
June 24 High 85
Low 54
Uneventful weather marked this year’s Hoopfest, with cool mornings and warm afternoons under light winds and almost full sunshine.
June 29 & 30, 1996
June 29 High 72
Low 44
June 30 High 80
Low 49
Similar to last year’s Hoopfest, but with cooler temperatures. Both days were played under full sunshine. Many would call this the perfect Hoopfest weather weekend.
June 28 & 29, 1997
June 28 High 78
Low 44
Precipitation 0.01
June 29 High 68
Low 52
Precipitation Trace
Another sunny Hoopfest day on Saturday with temperatures right at average that afternoon. Increasing clouds Saturday night with a brief shower near midnight. Cooler on Sunday under cloudy skies and southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
June 27 & 28, 1998
June 27 High 73
Low 47
June 28 High 82
Low 48
Partly cloudy and cool on Saturday, followed by warmer temperatures in the lower 80s under mostly sunny skies for Sunday.
June 26 & 27, 1999
June 26 High 64
Low 44
June 27 High 70
Low 45
What a difference a day makes! Had Hoopfest been one day sooner then a true washout would have occurred, as Friday was a wet day with 0.85 inches of rain. Fortunately the weather system responsible for the wet weather moved on and Saturday, while unseasonably cool was dry. Sunday saw another cool day with partly cloudy skies.
June 24 & 25, 2000
June 24 High 74
Low 52
Precipitation Trace
June 25 High 77
Low 49
Saturday featured mostly cloudy skies and seasonable cool temperatures. A brief shower or sprinkles moved across the area in the afternoon, leaving only trace amounts of rainfall. Similar temperatures occurred on Sunday but with much more sunshine.
June 23 & 24, 2001
June 23 High 73
Low 57
June 24 High 66
Low 48
Precipitation 0.02 Inches
This was another cool Hoopfest. Saturday saw temperatures in the lower 70s under partly cloudy skies. Sunday was cooler still with cloudy skies. Light showers moved into the area by late Sunday afternoon.
June 29 & 30, 2002
June 29 High 72
Low 50
Precipitation 0.27 Inches
June 29 High 71
Low 47
Yet another cooler-than-average Hoopfest. After several hot days right before Hoopfest, temperatures cooled off right in time for the weekend. The frontal system responsible for the cooler weather also brought with it a period of rain Friday night and Saturday morning. But as has been the case in several past Hoopfests, the rain ended right at 5am Saturday morning, leaving behind cloudy, cool and windy weather for Saturday, but fortunately no rain! Sunday was a cool day under mostly sunny skies.
June 28 & 29, 2003
June 28 High 88
Low 55
June 29 High 93
Low 57
The streak of cool temperatures on Hoopfest ended in an abrupt manner for the 2003 Hoopfest. Saturday was a hot and sunny day more typical of July. Sunday was even hotter, with blistering temperatures in the 90s. The high temperature of 93 tied 1992 for the hottest Hoopfest temperature, which would later be broken in 2008.
June 26 & 27, 2004
June 26 High 78
Low 62
Precipitation Trace (Thunderstorms)
June 27 High 81
Low 57
Thunderstorms were the main concern for Hoopfest on Saturday. By late Saturday morning, thunder and lightning was observed very close to downtown. One thunderstorm brought a brief downpour to the event around lunchtime, but fortunately the heaviest rain from this thunderstorm moved just north of downtown. The storms decreased by afternoon, leaving the rest of Hoopfest dry with seasonable temperatures, though a little bit on the muggy side for Spokane.
June 25 & 26, 2005
June 25 High 79
Low 57
June 26 High 80
Low 54
Ideal weather conditions greeted this year's participants, with mild temperatures and some high clouds both days. The 2 days after Hoopfest were markedly different. Both had around a third of an inch of rain with temperatures only in the mid 60s.
June 24 & 25, 2006
June 24 High 84
Low 50
June 25 High 90
Low 57
Warm temperatures on Saturday gave way to hot readings on Sunday. Hoopfest players and spectators were treated to abundant sunshine on both days.
June 30 & July 1, 2007
June 30 High 73
Low 51
July 1 High 82
Low 51
Hoopfest dodged a weather bullet in 2007. On the Friday before the start of Hoopfest, strong thunderstorms rumbled through the Spokane metro area bring rain, hail, damaging winds and lightning. But the storms moved out of the area by late afternoon, allowing the final preparations to be made for the weekend's activities. Weather on Saturday and Sunday was ideal, with only some high clouds and light winds.
June 28 & 29, 2008
June 28 High 92
Low 58
June 29 High 97
Low 64
The 2008 edition of Hoopfest easily goes down as the hottest Hoopfest yet. The previous record hot Hoopfest was 93 degrees in 2003 and 1992. The Saturday 2008 reading of 92 came close, but the Sunday high of 97 shattered the old records. While this was the hottest Hoopfest temperature (i.e. since its inception in 1990), there have been highs as hot as 102 degrees during the late June/1st of July period (see records at the top of this page). In 2008, winds were light and skies were mostly sunny so there was little in the way of relief from the hot weather.
June 27 & 28, 2009
June 27 High 79
Low 49
June 28 High 81
Low 55
Unlike the hot weather in 2008, the Hoopfest of 2009 was held in just about perfect conditions. Temperatures were around 80 both days under sunny skies. Sunday even had a nice breeze to keep things from getting too warm.
June 26 & 27, 2010
June 26 High 79
Low 55
June 27 High 79
Low 52
A virtual repeat of 2009, Hoopfest 2010 had ideal weather for outdoor recreation. Temperatures were around 80 both days under mostly sunny skies. The winds did kick up a bit both afternoons.
June 25 & 26, 2011
June 25 High 67
Low 43
June 26 High 73
Low 43
Hoopfest 2011 was cooler than the previous year with the high temperature about 9 degrees below normal on the 25th warming to only 4 degrees below normal on the 26th. Clouds were minimal throughout the day on the 26th with a southwest wind to 10 mph. The 27th was sunny with even lighter wind.
June 30 & July 1, 2012
June 30 High 78
Low 60
Precipitation: Trace
July 1 High 78
Low 59
Precipitation: Trace
At first glance, Hoopfest 2012 was held under near-ideal weather conditions. The high temperature of 78 on both days was within 1 degree of normal readings for this time of year. The morning low temperatures were rather mild. But the unusual part was the humidity, which was rather high for our area. Dewpoints were in the mid-50s both days. Skies were mostly cloudy, with a few sprinkles, but not enough to cause any impact to the games.
June 29 & 30, 2013
June 29 High 76
Low 62
Precipitation: 0.06
June 30 High 91
Low 59
Precipitation: 0.00
Saturday, June 29th started out as a very cloudy day with thunderstorms in the area and high high dewpoints indicating a significant amount of moisture in the air. The cloud cover and showers kept temperatures down. The next day on Sunday, saw drier and much warmer conditions and partly cloudy skies which helped temperatures recover back to around 90 degrees by Sunday afternoon..
June 28 & 29, 2014
June 28 High 72
Low 52
June 29 High 71
Low 50
Wet thunderstorms moved through Spokane on Friday evening bringing a quarter inch of rain to downtown. While this rain played havoc with evening court preparation activities, the weather for the games was much drier. Saturday morning started with low overcast skies, but the sun broke through later in the day. Temperatures were mild but it was rather windy. Sunday saw a little more sunshine but it continued to be breezy.
June 27 & 28, 2015
June 27 High 102
Low 68
June 28 High 105
Low 73
Hoopfest 2015 took place in the midst of the warmest June on record for northeast Washington and the North Idaho Panhandle and right in the middle of a historic heatwave from the 26th through the 30th. Spokane International Airport recorded temperatures of 102 and 105 respectively, both of which were daily records. The 105 degree temperature at the airport was also a record high for the entire month of June as well. Temperatures at Spokane Felts Field were even a couple of degrees higher than that.
June 25 & 26, 2016
June 25 High 73
Low 47
June 26 High 82
Low 53
Hoopfest 2016 was significantly cooler than the previous year with temperatures slightly below normal for Saturday and slightly above normal for Sunday. Some rainfall was recorded on Friday but the weekend featured dry conditions with a mix of sun and clouds. Winds over the weekend were out of the southwest between 5-10 mph with gusts 15-20 mph.
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